A reminder that the Central Houghton Neighborhood Association is hosting a celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the merger of the City of Houghton with the City of Kirkland. The event will be at Fire Station 22 (on 108th Avenue) between 6:00 and 9:00 pm.

It is forecast to be a nice evening, walk on down through a neighborhood or along the CKC. Parking at the Fire Station is pretty limited. The Kirkland Seventh Day Adventist Church, located about a block south of the Fire Station, has graciously allowed us to use their parking lot for the event. Signs will be out to direct you to it.

We will have snow cones, cake, old photos and other history. We also will have a map for a short walking tour with NOW and THEN photos around the Houghton Center (Met Market Center). If you want something more than snow cones and cake, you can vist the Taco Truck (next to the Fire Station), Starbucks, Subway, or Met Market before or during the walking tour. The Taco Truck and Starbuck’s close at 8:00 pm.

"Carillon and Seaplane Scenics agreed (finally) that the City does have the authority to regulate the floatplane operation and have agreed to cease operation out of Carillon Point immediately, and will not resume operation until such time as a CUP approval for the operation may be granted. However, we have not agreed on appropriate fines for the illegal operation to date. But at the request of the applicants, the Hearing Examiner continued today’s hearing to a future date to adjudicate the fines. A date for the continued hearing hasn’t been set but it may be combined with the CUP hearing. We’ll have to sort this out later."​If the planes continue to fly, please notify Penny Skovold, Code Enforcement Officer: pskovold@kirklandwa.gov. A video would be ideal.

Carillon Point has submitted a request to be allowed to operate seaplanes out of their dock. June 20is the last chance to submit comments!

The service would include two planes docking along the guest pier of the Woodmark Hotel, offering 20-minute flights. The planes would operate from 9 a.m. to one hour before sunset, year-round. If the permit is approved, it could open the door for similar operations elsewhere in Kirkland.

After city planners complete their review process, there will be a public hearing. A hearing date has not yet been set, but will probably be in September, and will be in the evening.

Any residents or property owners who received notices from the city will be notified of the hearing, as well as anyone who sends written comments. Those who send written comments will also have the ability to appeal. The public notice signs, city notice board at City Hall, and City website will also be posted with the hearing date.

After the hearing, the City Hearing Examiner will make a decision to approve, modify, or deny the application. The decision will be based on whether the application complies with Kirkland’s Zoning Code and other applicable codes. The final decision will be made by the State Department of Ecology.

If you have comments about the proposal, it is urgent that you send them before June 20 at 5 pm.

Tuesday April 9, 2019 7:00 pm(Special Meeting - Northwest University Master Plan)​*Please note that the default day for meetings is the second Tuesday of the months of September, November, January, March, and May. To be timely, we may call special meetings to discuss topics of major neighborhood interest.​Also note, CHNA does not typically meet during July and August, unless there is a specific immediate topic to share.